Drinking-water bag.



O. A. SWANSON.

DRINKING WATER'BAG.

APPLmATIQN FILED MAR. 19, 1914.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS Co.. PHOTDLITHO" WRSHINGYON, D. c

GHARLES A. SWANSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DRINKING-WATER BAG.

Application filed March 19, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. SWAN- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDrinkingater Bags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to drinking bags, and the object of thisimprovement is to provide a simple and effective means for sealing aflexible water bag having an open top, said open top being provided tomore easily cleanse the bag.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a water bag incorporating my invention,and Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged sections taken on lines 22 and 3'3respectively in Fig. 1.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, comprises a flexible bag el made of thick fabric or anysuitable substance. The fabric making up bag 4 is preferably of amaterial which will permit the slow passage of water or other fluidtherethrough in order to permit said water to evaporate and causecooling of the contents of the bag. The top of bag 4: is formed open inorder to provide means whereby the same may be easily cleansed. At thetop of bag 4 is a cord 5 sewed in a hem around the top of the openingthereof. At one end of the opening in the bag is a bottle neck 6, havinga conventional stopper 7. A. wire 8 formed substantially as indicated inFig. 2 is placed around the top portion of the bag 4 immediately underthe hem containing cord 5, such as indicated in Fig. 3. A slitted tube 9having its slit extending longitudinally thereof, is placed over the hemcontaining cord 5 and wire 8, and is of such a size as to snugly fit thesame, see Fig. 3, and bind the top of the bag, sealing the same. Thetube 9 extends over the flat portion of the bag top and to the portionof the wire 8 which encircles the portion of the bag top encir-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

Serial No. 825,786.

cling the neck 6. The portion around neck 6 is drawn taut by wire 8 andmaintained in that condition by the tube 9, as will be readilyunderstood, forming a tight joint between the neck and the bag top. Inorder to further make a tight joint at the juncture between the straightportion ofthe bag top and the portion thereof encircling the neck 6, aring 10, or its equivalent is placed around the wire 8 at this point.The ring 10 presses the portions of the bag closely together, asindicated in Fig. 2, thereby insuring a sealed joint at this point also.This construction permits of an easy means for sealing the top of thebag and one which can be removed and replacedquickly and easily. Thetube 9 may be slipped longitudinally over the loop of wire 8 whichcontains ring 11 to free the wire 8 and permit the removal of the latterto open the bag. The reverse order is instituted in closing the bag.

A cord 12 is secured to rings 10 and 11 to provide a means for carryingthe bag when so desired.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

l. A device of the class described comprising a bag open at its top end;an enlargement at the upper edge of said bag around said opening; aremovable wire encircling said upper end of said bag, said wire beingpositioned below said enlargement and pressing the sides of said bag together; and a slitted tube over said wire binding the latter againstsaid bag, sub stantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a bag open at its topside; a cord secured to the top edge of said bag around said opening; awire encircling said opening immediately below said cord; and a slittedtube over said wire and the top edge of said bag carrying said cordbinding said Wire and cord to seal said opening, substantially asdescribed.

3. A device of the class described comprising a bag open at its topside; a removable filling neck inserted in said opening at one endthereof; a Wire encircling the upper edge portion of said bag bindingthe portion of the latter engaging said neck closely in engagementtherewith and the remaining portion of said upper edge portion fiat; anda slitted tube over said opening and binding the flat portion of saidbag tightly sealing the latter substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described CO1I1- prising a bag open at its topside; a removable filling neck inserted in said open ing at one endthereof; a wire encircling the upper edge portion of said bag bindingthe portion of the latter engaging said neck closely in engagementtherewith and the remaining portion of said upper edge portion fiat;means inserted between said bag and said wire at the juncture betweensaid fiat portion "and the portion around said neck increasing thepressure on said bag by said wire at this point; and means clamping saidwire and the fiat portion of said bag top sealing the same,substantially as described.

5. A device of the class described comprising a bag open at its topside; a removable filling neck inserted in said opening at one endthereof; a wire encircling -the upper edge portion of said bag bindingthe portion of the latter engaging said neck closely in engagementtherewith and the remaining portion of said upper edge portion flat; amember inserted under said Wire at the juncture between the fiat portionof said bag top and the portion thereof encircling said neck; and aslitted tube over the flat portion of said bag top and a correspondingportion of said wire sealing said bag top and securely holding saidneck, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES A. SWANSON. lVitnesses JOSHUA R. H. Po'rrs,

HELEN F. LILLIS.

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Washington, D. 0."

